Quote Originally Posted by therpgfanatic View Post
MMOs have been around since the late 70s, beginning with MUD1 in 1978. So they've been around for nearly four decades.
MO's (MUDs) =/= MMO's. Big difference there. Namely the size and nature of the end user. The audience size of the early games were limited by access to technology let alone the facility to actually get online. As such the limited playerbase were generally programmers making games for other programmers not a paying public. Wasn't until the early 90's that some games offered an online facility but it never really became huge until Ultima Online and then Everquest where the genre gained momentum.

Claiming you have 30 years gaming experience, even online gaming experience, would have been less misleading. Your post would have stood on its own without having to resort to using that as a stamp of credibility to be honest.